Athena On-Line Help (OLH)

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Athena is MIT's UNIX-based campus-wide academic computing facility. The Athena system provides computing resources to over 14,000 users across the MIT campus. Athena users have access to software to help them write papers, create graphs, analyze data, communicate with their colleagues, play games, and perform countless other tasks, as well as software designed specifically for classwork.

Getting Started on Athena	Welcome to Athena Athena: Academic Computing at MIT Athena Account Policies Athena Rules of Use Where to Go for Help Getting Started on Athena How to Register for an Athena Account Getting Started on Athena (Tutorial) Web Certificates at MIT Athena Minicourses Locations of Athena Clusters/Printers Working on Athena Working on Athena (includes Managing Your Athena Account) Dialing Into Athena Using Athena from a Dorm, Living Group or Off Campus Working with Configuration Files ("Dotfiles") Printing from an Athena Workstation Release Notes (current release: 8.4)

Application Software on Athena	Available Athena Software ("What Runs Where") Communicating with Other Users Electronic Mail on Athena (email) Discuss on Athena (electronic conferencing) Network News on Athena (electronic bulletin board) Zephyr on Athena (real-time electronic messaging) Document Preparation Software Emacs on Athena (text editor) EZ on Athena (text editor/formatter) LaTeX on Athena (text formatter) FrameMaker on Athena (document preparation system) Spreadsheets Xess (spreadsheet) Numerical and Math Software AutoCAD (computer-aided design software) Waterloo Maple (symbolic calculation software) Matlab (matrix manipulation software) SAS (statistical software) Splus (statistical software) Tecplot (plotting software) Accessing the Internet World Wide Web Software Programming Using Athena for Courses NEOS on Athena (electronic turn-in/pick-up of course material) OLTA on Athena (on-line teaching assistant)

Other Athena Information Sources	Athena Consultant's Answers to Commonly Asked Questions Archive of SIPB Documentation, including Athena topics Private Athena Workstations: Athenizing a Private Workstation Private Athena Workstation Owners Guide Other documents about More Technical Athena Topics

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Last modified: Fri Sep 24 10:20:06 1999